Dear Prudence,
My fiancée is getting paranoid enough to put our relationship out of commission. She recently found out her ex-husband had cheated on her, and since then, she has been trying to control my every move.
She doesn’t want me to work late shifts with my female co-workers, even though we are trying to save for a wedding. I ran into one of my exes with her daughters at the farmers market, and we chatted a little bit while her kids petted my dog. It was perfectly innocent and wasn’t even a 15-minute conversation, but my fiancée is giving me the third degree over it. I asked her if she wanted to lie to her face then, because it wasn’t like I planned to see her, and who takes your kids on a date? She got very upset and refused to go to counseling with me.
I feel like I am living in a prison for someone else’s crimes. Worst of all, my best friend is married to one of my college exes. They’ve been together for a decade, and I was the one who introduced them. They never met my fiancée, and we are planning on driving to see them on their summer road trip. I am dreading how my fiancée will react to my friend’s wife. I love her and have never been unfaithful in my life, but this can’t keep going like this. Help!